overcoming the silicon valley bias

Be So Good They Can’t Ignore YouOvercoming Silicon Valley’s Bias Problem

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The Founder Effect

• “The loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population.”

Hewlett Packard

Fairchild Semiconductor

• Julius Blank• Victor Grinich• Jean Hoerni• Jay Last

• Eugene Kleiner• Gordon Moore• Robert Noyce• Sheldon Roberts

Apple Computer

Google

Facebook

The Pioneers of Venture Capital

Silicon Valley is Biased

“Fish don't know they're in water.”--Derek Sivers

We Shall Overcome

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.”Steve Martin

• The key is entrepreneurship– Don’t wait to be noticed, make yourself the boss– Results speak for themselves

Overcoming Bias

The Secret of Getting Funded

What Can You Do?

• Community

• Storytelling

• Entrepreneurs

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